Things You Would Change in Sports?

[De_Gambassi 1,276]

2 hours ago, heywoodu said:

Wouldn't this lead to every single match being a 'big match' and so every big match being nothing special anymore?  

 

Plus it'd probably destroy the sports in many countries, since at best 1 or 2 teams from most countries would even remotely stand a chance of having any kind of competition then. One might have like 10 different levels between which one can fight for promotion/relegation (we definitely should not have the closed market that is the North American system of sports), but good luck to a small team from, say, Ireland going to an away match against a small team from, say, Turkey, they aren't going to be able to keep paying that  

Again, but you do have a closed market for professional football in the Netherlands 

Edited June 1, 2024 by De_Gambassi

[heywoodu 16,142]

4 minutes ago, De_Gambassi said:

Again, be you do have a closed market for professional football in the Netherlands 

Which I'm not a fan of  (although it is a necessity I believe, due to teams from the 3rd level generally just not having the finances to play on a higher level)

 

I'd love a system where one can promote and relegate from the top to the bottom and back though  

[De_Gambassi 1,276]

Yeah, a fully open pyramid is a luxury that very few sports and countries can afford because you need a shit load of well supported clubs all across the divisions (so basically football in England and Germany). The rest is cheating its way with different tricks (wild cards, licences, stadiums requirements, etc.)